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Thanks to Leigh Anne Eck for hosting Spiritual Journey Thursday and Tabatha Yeatts for stepping in to host Poetry Friday. The theme of SJT is change/transformation. Autumn is such a great time for this theme, Days are getting shorter, leaves are changing, and the mornings have a crispness to them. The sky even seems bluer. I am returning to SJT and Poetry Friday after being gone for about six weeks. As it often happens, while taking a rest, a break is good, returning always feels like a change, a groggy, sloggy return. Can I still write? Are there poems that eke out onto the page? What I planned to do while in Japan: sit, sketch, and write, didn't really happen. I was acclimating to heat and humidity, figuring out the trains and subways, and monitoring the impending typhoon. What calls to me is this quote :The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tse This is where I am. Taking that first step. Reaching out to my writing pals. Last Saturday, I was in an hour long writing session. I found Georgia Heard's Write Bites class to engage myself. Re-dedicating myself to reading the Two Sylvias Muse weekly newsletter. Last week, I also took another step in the area of returning to the practice of yoga. In Poetry Friday news, I was pleased to return home I early September and find my Haiku Society of America's (HSA)members' anthology. I have a haiku in this journal. Last May, I witnessed the aurora borealis and was so taken by the experience, I wrote this:
sky ribbons flutter I inhale aurora borealis If you were gifted the experience you know,
Welcome back, Jone! I'm so envious that you saw the aurora borealis - "sky ribbons flutter" - makes me wish I could have seen them too! Love the steps you're taking to get back in the habit of writing. There's a workshop I want to attend with Georgia Heard and Ralph Fletcher and Penny Kittle, I think! I need to look that up, perhaps Linda Rief, I don't know. Just some of those people I admire so much.
Tabatha
10/4/2024 08:15:18 am
Habits can be so rewarding, although hard to get back into when we step out for a while. You've got the right idea! 10/4/2024 09:06:43 am
Jone, I like your haiku on the aurora borealis. Each line in the haiku is beautifully written. 10/4/2024 02:19:00 pm
I enjoyed seeing the pictures you shared, Jone, happy you had a good trip. Now back for new "old" things, right? I am envious of you seeing that awesome aurora borealis! And, you show that it was breathtaking by that "inhale". Congratulations for your haiku in the journal!
Rose Cappelli
10/5/2024 04:24:50 am
Lovely haiku, Jone. I just signed up for a three-session Write Bites with Georgia and Ralph. Maybe I'll "see" you there.
Linda Mitchell
10/5/2024 07:40:41 am
Welcome home! I love the idea of "returning to." That's beautiful and familiar to me. The only place I've ever had to focus on writing and sketching completely is at Highlights. It's such a treat to go there and be spoiled by a chef and cleaners and spaces to feel comfortable writing. I look forward to reading how your experiences have on your writing. Congrats on the haiku! 10/5/2024 08:00:42 pm
Happy you're back, Jone--and hooray for courageous first steps! xo, Laura 10/6/2024 10:50:02 am
Welcome back, Jone! Your haiku is lovely and reminds me of how often we saw the aurora borealis when I lived in Alaska. ❤️ 10/13/2024 03:07:18 am
I am trying to get back into a rhythm of writing myself, after a long series of life events...as for the aurora borealis, it has reached way down to my southern region and I have missed it. But - one day I WILL see it, and not just its tinges, but in its wild, ethereal glory. There must always be something to hope for. Inhaling the light - oh yes. The spareness of haiku is perfect for the wordlessness of that experience. Comments are closed.
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